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How popular is “Madeline” in the USA?

Number of people named “Madeline” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Madeline” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Madeline” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Madeline” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Madeline” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Madeline” by birth year

This chart shows how “Madeline” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 22 0.00010919 22 100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 100%
1882 29 0.000130906 29 100%
1883 31 0.000142893 31 100%
1884 51 0.000209479 51 100%
1885 41 0.000170228 41 100%
1886 45 0.000176252 45 100%
1887 53 0.000214235 53 100%
1888 80 0.000267135 80 100%
1889 88 0.000304555 88 100%
1890 96 0.000318513 96 100%
1891 125 0.000436037 125 100%
1892 158 0.000472525 158 100%
1893 190 0.000584215 190 100%
1894 214 0.000631846 214 100%
1895 237 0.000675175 237 100%
1896 279 0.000780454 279 100%
1897 290 0.000835838 290 100%
1898 337 0.000883459 337 100%
1899 316 0.00093151 316 100%
1900 389 0.000863949 389 100%
1901 341 0.000986085 341 100%
1902 355 0.000917946 355 100%
1903 400 0.001049318 400 100%
1904 393 0.000974014 393 100%
1905 412 0.000971877 412 100%
1906 418 0.000975607 418 100%
1907 449 0.000964782 449 100%
1908 457 0.000935232 457 100%
1909 466 0.000911538 466 100%
1910 560 0.00094801 560 100%
1911 628 0.000974734 628 100%
1912 942 0.000953381 942 100%
1913 1084 0.000953294 1084 100%
1914 1381 0.000975046 1381 100%
1915 1670 0.00091136 1670 100%
1916 1644 0.000849868 1644 100%
1917 1728 0.000861094 1728 100%
1918 1746 0.000804197 1746 100%
1919 1659 0.000786165 1659 100%
1920 1779 0.000786249 1779 100%
1921 1840 0.000788176 1835 5 99%
1922 1732 0.000756611 1732 100%
1923 1756 0.000762656 1756 100%
1924 1746 0.000733118 1746 100%
1925 1513 0.000648437 1506 7 99%
1926 1397 0.000608475 1397 100%
1927 1381 0.000595423 1373 8 99%
1928 1253 0.000554195 1253 100%
1929 1188 0.000541931 1181 7 99%
1930 1153 0.000518601 1144 9 98%
1931 925 0.000439558 925 100%
1932 900 0.000426279 900 100%
1933 827 0.000413614 822 5 99%
1934 795 0.000382798 795 100%
1935 714 0.000341643 714 100%
1936 727 0.000349927 727 100%
1937 754 0.000353879 754 100%
1938 847 0.000382812 847 100%
1939 888 0.000403006 888 100%
1940 879 0.000381728 874 5 99%
1941 945 0.000387863 940 5 99%
1942 1263 0.000462329 1254 9 99%
1943 1107 0.000392197 1107 100%
1944 912 0.000339024 907 5 99%
1945 782 0.000294771 782 100%
1946 926 0.0002898 926 100%
1947 972 0.000269826 972 100%
1948 939 0.000271975 939 100%
1949 901 0.000258553 901 100%
1950 759 0.000216649 759 100%
1951 747 0.000202783 747 100%
1952 661 0.000174039 661 100%
1953 636 0.000165039 636 100%
1954 588 0.000147712 588 100%
1955 608 0.000151429 602 6 98%
1956 566 0.000137277 566 100%
1957 514 0.000122319 514 100%
1958 588 0.000142238 588 100%
1959 614 0.000147667 609 5 98%
1960 573 0.000137945 573 100%
1961 570 0.000137605 570 100%
1962 581 0.000143977 581 100%
1963 512 0.000129352 512 100%
1964 531 0.000136588 526 5 98%
1965 464 0.000127984 464 100%
1966 424 0.000121991 424 100%
1967 405 0.000119297 405 100%
1968 362 0.000107151 362 100%
1969 358 0.000103012 358 100%
1970 354 0.000098156 354 100%
1971 313 0.000091191 313 100%
1972 271 0.000086224 271 100%
1973 312 0.000103418 312 100%
1974 262 0.000086184 262 100%
1975 270 0.000089422 270 100%
1976 254 0.00008371 254 100%
1977 242 0.000076185 242 100%
1978 227 0.000071522 227 100%
1979 234 0.000070334 234 100%
1980 232 0.000067354 232 100%
1981 256 0.000074002 256 100%
1982 261 0.000074402 261 100%
1983 266 0.000076804 266 100%
1984 288 0.000082551 288 100%
1985 382 0.000107029 382 100%
1986 853 0.000239804 853 100%
1987 875 0.000242677 875 100%
1988 924 0.000250065 917 7 98%
1989 1183 0.000307717 1167 16 97%
1990 1502 0.000380015 1494 8 99%
1991 1980 0.000508309 1980 100%
1992 2269 0.00059069 2269 100%
1993 2615 0.000693583 2609 6 100%
1994 3518 0.000946296 3518 100%
1995 4441 0.001212674 4430 11 100%
1996 4918 0.001348434 4911 7 100%
1997 5313 0.001465352 5313 100%
1998 5869 0.001595614 5869 100%
1999 4577 0.001239081 4572 5 100%
2000 5380 0.001423317 5371 9 100%
2001 5227 0.001396328 5222 5 100%
2002 5120 0.00136961 5114 6 100%
2003 4990 0.001312357 4976 14 99%
2004 4784 0.001252054 4767 17 99%
2005 4537 0.001180022 4528 9 100%
2006 4484 0.001133414 4477 7 100%
2007 4710 0.001178182 4705 5 100%
2008 4829 0.001228545 4820 9 100%
2009 4300 0.001125603 4300 100%
2010 3611 0.000977071 3604 7 100%
2011 3434 0.000938818 3428 6 100%
2012 3162 0.000864556 3162 100%
2013 3371 0.000924659 3371 100%
2014 3445 0.000929479 3445 100%
2015 3339 0.00090221 3339 100%
2016 3285 0.000895413 3280 5 100%
2017 2965 0.000829094 2965 100%
2018 2922 0.000831082 2917 5 100%
2019 2861 0.000824274 2861 100%
2020 2799 0.000837879 2799 100%
2021 2747 0.000810815 2747 100%
2022 2698 0.000797485 2698 100%
2023 2732 0.00082508 2732 100%
2024 2907 0.000873366 2907 100%

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